Who considered it a demand? Certainly not the Ukrainian government who has consistently said they were never pressured to do anything. Even Lt. Traitor Vindman when pressed on this point could not point to anything in the transcript which could justify his claim that the President made a demand. One of the funniest, laugh-out-loud moments from the House hearings:
It's like something out of a sitcom!
And for the record, after being generously given 5- or 6-minutes to look over the transcript, the little traitor came up empty and then weakly insisted that the entire phone call from beginning to end was somehow a "demand". With witnesses like that, it's no wonder the Democrats couldn't get a conviction.
This was all based on false presumption and office gossip and not any sort of directive from the President. Not a single person testified to receiving this order from the President himself or from anyone with the authority to speak for the President. On the contrary, Sondland testified that the President made it "crystal clear" that he did NOT want any kind of quid pro quo. Now unless Sondland can be shown to be lying, and given the lack of credible witnesses contradicting his testimony, we must necessarily presume that the President is innocent, which the Senate did, and it was the right call.
Ratcliffe: You cannot point to me a specific place in the July 25th phone call that justifies the use of the word "demand".
Vindman: If you give me a minute, Congressman, I'll just --
Ratcliffe: Take as long as you want.
Vindman: And I'll take a look and see if I can find something.
Vindman: If you give me a minute, Congressman, I'll just --
Ratcliffe: Take as long as you want.
Vindman: And I'll take a look and see if I can find something.
It's like something out of a sitcom!
And for the record, after being generously given 5- or 6-minutes to look over the transcript, the little traitor came up empty and then weakly insisted that the entire phone call from beginning to end was somehow a "demand". With witnesses like that, it's no wonder the Democrats couldn't get a conviction.
Originally posted by Watermelon
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